Chapter 1660
Disguise
After obtaining his grandfather's permission, the celestial being Yuan Zai happily went to the first-floor hall.
At this time, many creatures had already brought out their spiritual items for trade.
Compared to previous auctions, the current trade fair is significantly more lively and vibrant, but it is also extremely noisy and chaotic.
However, Yuan Zai was of extraordinary birth, and ordinary spiritual objects were not worth his attention. So he just wandered around curiously, hoping to find something interesting.
"what?"
After a while, he suddenly stopped, walked up to a certain creature, pointed to a certain spiritual object, and asked, "How many spirit crystals does this item cost?"
The man saw that he was only at the Celestial Immortal Realm, and that his clothes were simple and his aura was dim. He assumed that the man could not afford the Xuanxian-level spiritual item, so he just glanced at him and casually said, "Five hundred thousand spirit crystals."
However, he was unaware that Yuan Zai's attire was at least a Xuanxian-level spiritual artifact, and he even possessed a Taiyi-level life-saving spiritual artifact, though its brilliance was concealed, so ordinary people could not see it at all.
"Humph!"
His dismissive attitude displeased Yuan Zai, who snorted and walked toward the creature beside him.
He picked out a reasonably decent and usable spiritual item and asked, "How many spirit crystals does this spiritual item cost?"
"Only 150,000 spirit crystals."
"So cheap?" Yuan Zai raised an eyebrow and said, "I'll buy it."
After saying that, he casually took out three spirit crystal cards worth 50,000 each and handed them over, then took the spirit item.
The creature that had been there earlier naturally witnessed this scene, and its expression became incredibly stiff. It knew that its attitude had ruined a deal that could have yielded substantial profits.
But for the sake of the spirit crystals, he still chose to bow his head and said, "I was blind and apologize to you. If you are still willing to buy this item, I am willing to lower the price by 80,000 spirit crystals."
Instead of turning away to embarrass him, Yuan Zai spent spirit crystals to buy the spiritual item.
Li Zhirui, who was not far away, also saw this scene and then walked over. He took a fancy to another spiritual item in the man's hand and asked about the price.
Having learned his lesson, this man dared not underestimate anyone again, especially since the visitor was a Xuanxian. He said, "If you wish, senior, just give me 750,000 spirit crystals."
"Ok?"
Yuan Zai, who was about to leave, glanced at the spiritual item that Li Zhirui intended to buy, and immediately stopped in his tracks, speaking first: "I'll offer 900,000 spirit crystals, this item is mine!"
He then glanced at him with some curiosity. If it weren't for this person, he would have almost missed the most precious spiritual item.
As for whether snatching spiritual items from others would displease them, Yuan Zai didn't care at all. He was just a Xuanxian, and he didn't even feel that there was anything wrong with it.
"This……"
The man was somewhat tempted, but worried that he might offend a mystical immortal, so he hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.
"In that case, pretend I was never here." Li Zhirui chose to back down, and after saying that, he turned and left, unwilling to get involved any further.
Because he could tell that Yuan Zai was no ordinary person; after all, not every Celestial Immortal cultivator was followed by a Golden Immortal!
The person who can have a Golden Immortal as a bodyguard must probably have a Taiyi behind him.
Given his status, he didn't want to get too involved with the other party.
Although Li Zhirui has powerful backers, and they are among the most powerful in the entire universe, his teacher is not by his side right now!
If a conflict really happens, won't he be the one who suffers?
Another reason is that the value of that spiritual object is not worth giving up more spirit crystals.
"Boring."
Watching his departing figure, Yuan Zai pursed his lips. After buying the spiritual item, he lost all desire to continue browsing.
Li Zhirui wandered around and bought two or three useful spiritual items. Seeing that it was almost time, he went to the backstage of the auction to exchange the purification spiritual items he had previously bought, and then walked straight out.
He originally planned to leave directly, but after thinking about it, he decided to go to the weapon-refining palace to at least tell the weapon-refining master so that the other party wouldn't keep waiting.
So when he met the shopkeeper, he said apologetically, "Please tell the heavy metal refiner that I failed to win the Void Spirit Wood, so the matter of upgrading the magic weapon is off."
"Very well, is there anything else you need, esteemed guest?"
Li Zhirui shook his head, thanked him, and turned to leave.
This trip to the Chaos Chamber of Commerce has been very fruitful, and it's time for us to leave.
However, before that, he had two very important things to do: first, to exchange all the spirit crystal cards in his hand for spirit crystals!
After all, no one knows when they will encounter the Chaos Merchant Guild again. Unlike spirit crystals, spirit crystal cards cannot absorb the pure spiritual energy contained within them.
To put it bluntly, this is a kind of fiat currency issued by the Chaos Merchant Guild, and in reality, it has no real value.
The second important thing was to purchase two or three sets of Xuanxian-level formations, including a warning formation, a defense formation, and a concealment formation. The formations he currently possessed were no longer sufficient to keep up with his cultivation level.
To save himself the trouble and have peace of mind, Li Zhirui went directly to the array shop opened by the Chaos Merchant Guild and spent a large sum of spirit crystals to buy two sets of high-grade Xuanxian arrays.
One of them is a composite formation, with outstanding defensive and concealment effects.
Of course, the price won't be low either.
After a while, Li Zhirui walked into the shop next to the gate, which was specifically used to exchange spirit crystal cards.
"Please help me exchange all these spirit crystal cards for spirit crystals."
He went to an empty counter and handed over all the spirit crystal cards.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The person in charge of handling this matter was also a celestial being.
It seems that the lowest level among those working in the Chaos Merchant Guild is Celestial Immortal, and there are also many Profound Immortals and Golden Immortals above that level. This shows how powerful the Chaos Merchant Guild is.
He quickly verified and counted the spirit crystal cards, and said with a hint of surprise, "A total of sixty-five million nine hundred thousand, is that correct?"
Although he had handled more spirit crystal card exchanges than this, those were all Golden Immortals and Taiyi Immortals. But the person in front of him was just a Profound Immortal, yet he was able to produce so many spirit crystal cards!
“That’s right.” Li Zhirui nodded in confirmation.
"Okay, please wait a moment. You will receive the corresponding number of spirit crystals in about 15 minutes."
In fact, he had obtained more than 60 million spirit crystals in less than a quarter of an hour.
After confirming that everything was accounted for, he immediately got up and left the store. Little did Li Zhirui know, his every move was being watched!
"I never imagined that he would grow to this extent after so many years, and even have a connection with the Shangqing Dao?"
Inside the Chaos Merchant Guild, a Taiyi Golden Immortal exuding a terrifying aura looked at Li Zhirui through a water mirror, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
In the eyes of higher-level beings, the traces of the Shangqing Dao on his body were actually quite obvious.
“You think that kid has changed a lot, but aren’t you the same?” said another Taiyi Golden Immortal beside him.
If Li Zhirui were here, he would recognize the two of them!
The person who spoke earlier was Wan Zhu, who had condescended to receive him when he first entered the Chaos Merchant Guild because he thought highly of him!
The other one was Wan Yu, the Taiyi Golden Immortal he saw when he reported the riot in the street vendor area.
It was precisely because Wan Yu knew that Li Zhirui was highly regarded by Wan Zhu that she believed what he said, and then notified the other Taiyi Golden Immortals to search all the Golden Immortal beings in the Wanbao Hall, and finally successfully found the mastermind behind it all.
"Now that you've broken through your bottleneck, it seems you'll soon be going into seclusion to attempt to break through to the Great Luo Realm, right?" Wan Yu's tone was filled with undisguised envy.
Although within the Chaos Chamber of Commerce, status and position are not valued based on realm or cultivation level, but rather on how much profit one can generate for the Chamber of Commerce.
However, this rule does not apply to the Great Luo Realm!
The reason is simple: the Great Luo Golden Immortal is already the pinnacle of this universe!
As for the Great Luo Dao Fruit mentioned above, that is a different kind of existence, and the two cannot be compared.
Wan Zhu nodded, but then shook her head with a wry smile and said, "To be honest, I don't have much confidence in this."
"At least you have a chance to go further, unlike me, who has been stuck in the same place for so long that I have forgotten how many years I have been stuck in the same place."
Speaking of this, Wan Yu's mood became quite low.
The distance between Taiyi and Daluo was truly an insurmountable chasm for him; no matter what, he simply couldn't cross it.
Wan Zhu, whose cultivation level was originally slightly lower than his, has now not only caught up with him, but has even surpassed him and come ahead of him.
Wan Zhu didn't know how to comfort her friend about this matter.
"That kid is leaving soon, aren't you going to show up and see him?" Fortunately, Wan Yu quickly recovered from her low spirits and brought the topic back to Li Zhirui.
"There's no point in seeing them. So many years have passed; they might have already forgotten me. Besides..."
After a pause, Wan Zhu said with some regret, "He joined the Shangqing Dao, and this kind of identity is not suitable for us to have too much contact."
He certainly thought highly of Li Zhirui, and his current achievements have proven his judgment.
Unfortunately, he became a disciple of the Shangqing Sect.
Currently, there are no major conflicts or contradictions between the Chaos Chamber of Commerce and the Shangqing Dao, but given their current status, they are able to know some things in advance.
But when the time comes, the relationship between the two powers will deteriorate rapidly and turn into hostility.
If Li Zhirui becomes too deeply involved with the Chaos Chamber of Commerce, it might be used as leverage against him.
Rather than that, it might be better if it's not necessarily better.
"You're just too considerate of others. What kind of status can a Xuanxian disciple have in the Shangqing Dao?"
Wan Yu pointed at Wan Zhu with some exasperation. He had originally wanted to summon Li Zhirui in his name, but in the end, he shook his head and gave up the idea, saying, "Since you yourself are unwilling, then forget it."
At this moment, Li Zhirui, who had already reached the gate, naturally had no way of knowing about the conversation between the two Taiyi, let alone causing any interference to him.
So when he stepped out of the door and returned directly to the void, he quickly left the Chaos Merchant Guild.
Although the void was deathly silent, his mind became more relaxed, unlike before when he was so tense.
Once he was far enough away and the surroundings were relatively calm, the first thing Li Zhirui did was to study the purifying spiritual object!
As long as it doesn't threaten one's life or property, nothing is more important than improving one's cultivation level.
This is ultimately just a celestial artifact, so although I haven't encountered the laws contained within it before, it's not difficult to comprehend them.
He mastered it completely in just a few decades, taking his skill to a slightly higher level.
Li Zhirui originally intended to strike while the iron was hot and comprehend a few other supernatural abilities, but unexpectedly, the fluctuations in his comprehension of the laws were detected by a passing Xuanxian demon cultivator!
Without alerting the warning array, he slowly approached Li Zhirui, who was sitting cross-legged.
You should know that this was a Xuanxian-level array that he bought from the Chaos Merchant Guild, but he didn't expect it to be so useless!
If he could find the Chaos Merchant Guild, he would definitely go and demand the hundreds of thousands of spirit crystals back.
click-
Suddenly, a cold glint of light pierced through the air and appeared directly beside him, stabbing into his flesh!
But in the next instant, the figure turned into a phantom, and in a flash, it scattered into countless rays of light.
'not good! '
The demonic cultivator's expression changed drastically; he hadn't expected to fall into a trap.
His infiltration skills were indeed remarkable, not even alerting the Xuanxian-level array. However, what he didn't know was that Li Zhirui was cultivating the Youwei Jimu Technique just now.
This secret technique not only allows you to see distant places, but also to observe minute details and movements in the shadows!
The invisibility technique used by this demonic cultivator was to hide in the shadows, which Li Zhirui happened to see through.
But he pretended to know nothing and continued to study the Dharma. In reality, he had already prepared the Dharma and was just waiting for the other party to walk into his trap!
An assassin like him, if he misses his first strike, will inevitably flee a thousand miles away, hide again, and look for another opportunity to strike.
But Li Zhirui was even faster!
In an instant, countless vines appeared, binding the demonic cultivator tightly.
His first reaction was to struggle frantically, but unfortunately, these vines were not only tough, but also contained a poisonous vine that could quickly weaken the poisoned person.
"Do you know I come from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect! Release me now, or you will be hunted down by everyone in the Ten Thousand Demons Sect!"
Seeing that he could not escape on his own, the man revealed his identity in an attempt to intimidate the other party.
Unfortunately, Li Zhirui wasn't buying it at all!
"is it?"
A playful smile appeared on his face as he said in a sinister tone, "What if I just beat you half to death and then dumped you in front of a chaotic beast?"
"How could the Ten Thousand Demons Sect you speak of possibly have come looking for me?"
In truth, Li Zhirui didn't believe his words at all. Given the selfish and self-serving nature of demonic cultivators, when would they ever care so much about a deceased fellow disciple, let alone be hunted down by the entire sect? (End of Chapter)